They attacked all of it with refutation, *** invalidation, and doubt toward the human being, until one came from the land of Amad, *** a great bull, or rather one of lowly status (the discussion is on
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The Shaykh : He said: "They attacked all of it with refutation and *** invalidation and doubt toward the human being"
This means that when they mentioned the three opinions, they refuted all of them. Fine, but did they bring a replacement for them? No. So the human being is left confused. He remembers the opinions, then they are refuted, and no alternative is mentioned for them. This is the ultimate extent of creating doubt in the human being.
"Until one came from the land of Amad, *** a great bull, or rather one of lowly status"
He is the famous al-Amidi, the jurist, who came from the land of Amad, and "He said: The correct position is to suspend judgment on all of this ***"
We suspend judgment, so we do not say that His essence is identical to His existence, nor that it is other than it, nor do we distinguish between the Necessary and the Possible, but we suspend judgment.
"*** and the doubt in it is clear in the explanation" The doubt in this statement is clear in the explanation, because the one who suspends judgment is in a state of doubt; he has not affirmed the preponderance of one thing over another.
This means that when they mentioned the three opinions, they refuted all of them. Fine, but did they bring a replacement for them? No. So the human being is left confused. He remembers the opinions, then they are refuted, and no alternative is mentioned for them. This is the ultimate extent of creating doubt in the human being.
"Until one came from the land of Amad, *** a great bull, or rather one of lowly status"
He is the famous al-Amidi, the jurist, who came from the land of Amad, and "He said: The correct position is to suspend judgment on all of this ***"
We suspend judgment, so we do not say that His essence is identical to His existence, nor that it is other than it, nor do we distinguish between the Necessary and the Possible, but we suspend judgment.
"*** and the doubt in it is clear in the explanation" The doubt in this statement is clear in the explanation, because the one who suspends judgment is in a state of doubt; he has not affirmed the preponderance of one thing over another.